In alphabetical order:

- Tasneem Al-Hassan is currently enrolled in Women’s imaging fellowship program at McGill University.

- Saad Al-Humayd is a thoracic imaging fellow at University of Toronto.

- Mashael Al-Rujaib is working as a radiologist in a general hospital in Saudi Arabia.

- Everick Ayala is a neuroradiology fellow at University of Toronto.

- Shagran Bin Khamis is currently an MSK radiology fellow at University of Ottawa.

- Mathieu Boily is currently an MSK radiology fellow at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

- Nathalie Ibrahim is currently training in Abdominal Imaging fellowship program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

- Khashayar Rafatzand is training in Body MRI fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston.

- Christine Wee, Dr. No! junior, has joined the radiology group at Jean-Talon hospital in Montreal.

- Jaron Yau is an interventional radiology fellow at University of Toronto.

At the dinner tables:

Fellows’ speeches:

Residents’ speeches:

1. Chest trauma

Cardiac CT in the assessment of acute chest pain in the emergency department. Bastarrika G, Thilo C, Headden GF, Zwerner PL, Costello P, Schoepf UJ. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009 Aug;193(2):397-409.

MDCT diagnosis of penetrating diaphragm injury. Bodanapally UK, Shanmuganathan K, Mirvis SE, Sliker CW, Fleiter TR, Sarada K, Miller LA, Stein DM, Alexander M. Eur Radiol. 2009 Aug;19(8):1875-81.

Chest radiography in thoracic polytrauma. Ho ML, Gutierrez FR. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009 Mar;192(3):599-612.

CT features of esophageal emergencies. Young CA, Menias CO, Bhalla S, Prasad SR. Radiographics. 2008 Oct;28(6):1541-53.

Multidetector CT of blunt thoracic trauma. Kaewlai R, Avery LL, Asrani AV, Novelline RA. Radiographics. 2008 Oct;28(6):1555-70

Thoracic vascular injury. Mirvis SE. Radiol Clin North Am. 2006 Mar;44(2):181-97, vii.

Multi-detector row CT of hemoptysis. Bruzzi JF, Rémy-Jardin M, Delhaye D, Teisseire A, Khalil C, Rémy J. Radiographics. 2006 Jan-Feb;26(1):3-22.

Chest wall, lung, and pleural space trauma. Miller LA. Radiol Clin North Am. 2006 Mar;44(2):213-24, viii.

Imaging of penetrating chest trauma. Shanmuganathan K, Matsumoto J. Radiol Clin North Am. 2006 Mar;44(2):225-38, viii.

Nonvascular mediastinal trauma. Euathrongchit J, Thoongsuwan N, Stern EJ. Radiol Clin North Am. 2006 Mar; 44(2):251-8, viii.

Vascular emergencies of the thorax after blunt and iatrogenic trauma: multi-detector row CT and three-dimensional imaging. Alkadhi H, Wildermuth S, Desbiolles L, Schertler T, Crook D, Marincek B, Boehm T. Radiographics. 2004 Sep-Oct;24(5):1239-55.

Vascular injuries of the neck and thoracic inlet: helical CT-angiographic correlation. Núñez DB Jr, Torres-León M, Múnera F. Radiographics. 2004 Jul-Aug;24(4):1087-98; discussion 1099-100.

Imaging of chest trauma: radiological patterns of injury and diagnostic algorithms. Lomoschitz FM, Eisenhuber E, Linnau KF, Peloschek P, Schoder M, Bankier AA. Eur J Radiol. 2003 Oct;48(1):61-70.

Traumatic injuries: imaging of thoracic injuries. Gavelli G, Canini R, Bertaccini P, Battista G, Bnà C, Fattori R. Eur Radiol. 2002 Jun;12(6):1273-94. Epub 2002 Apr 20.

Imaging of blunt chest trauma. Wicky S, Wintermark M, Schnyder P, Capasso P, Denys A. Eur Radiol. 2000;10(10):1524-38.

2. Acute pulmonary infections

Acute lung infections in normal and immunocompromised hosts. Waite S, Jeudy J, White CS. Radiol Clin North Am. 2006 Mar;44(2):295-315, ix.

2. Patient Safety

1) Canadian Association of Radiology Resources:

CAR Guidelines for Prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy (see erratum)

CAR National Advisory on NSF

2) American College of Radiology Resources:

ACR Appropriateness Criteria

Relative Radiation Level Information

ACR Manual on Contrast Media, Version 6

3) ACR Practice Guidelines for:

Use of Intravascular Contrast Media

Imaging Pregnant or Potentially Pregnant Patient

Adult Sedation/Analgesia

Pediatric Sedation/Analgesia

ACR Screening Recommendations for NSF

4) Contrast-Related Complications:

Adverse reactions to intravenous iodinated contrast media: a primer for radiologists. Namasivayam S, Kalra MK, Torres WE, Small WC. Emerg Radiol. 2006 Jul;12(5):210-5.

Review article: Acute serious and fatal reactions to contrast media: our current understanding. Morcos SK. Br J Radiol. 2005 Aug;78(932):686-93.

Anaphylactoid reaction to oral contrast for computed tomography.Seymour CW, Pryor JP, Gupta R, Schwab CW. J Trauma. 2004 Nov;57(5):1105-7.

Frequently asked questions: iodinated contrast agents. Bettmann MA. Radiographics. 2004 Oct;24 Suppl 1:S3-10.

Importance of an expedited review of images after an adverse reaction to CT contrast material. Rizzo S, Kalra MK, Maher MM. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2004 Oct;183(4):1174-5.

Management of acute adverse reactions to contrast media.Thomsen HS, Morcos SK; Contrast Media Safety Committee of European Society of Urogenital Radiology. Eur Radiol. 2004 Mar;14(3):476-81

5) Other Resources:

Quality initiatives: imaging pregnant patients with suspected pulmonary embolism: what the radiologist needs to know. Pahade JK, Litmanovich D, Pedrosa I, Romero J, Bankier AA, Boiselle PM. Radiographics. 2009 May-Jun;29(3):639-54.

Imaging the pregnant patient for nonobstetric conditions: algorithms and radiation dose considerations. Patel et al.Radiographics. 2007 Nov-Dec;27(6):1705-22

Pregnancy policy. Brent RL, Mettler FA. AJR 2004 Mar;182(3):819-22.

MRI Safety

Pediatric Radiology Quiz, Jan 2010

Quiz winner: Dr. Shekhar Banavali, consultant radiologist, London UK.

General Radiology Quiz, Jan 2010

Quiz winner: Dr. Mashael Alrujaib, PGY5 radiology resident, McGill University, Montreal.

Chest Radiology Quiz, Dec 2009

Cases & discussion courtesy of Dr. Amr Ajlan, Chest radiology fellow, UBC; Vancouver
Quiz winner: Dr. Khashayar Rafat Zand, PGY5 radiology resident, McGill University; Montreal

General Radiology Quiz, Dec 2009

Quiz winner: Dr. Rainer poley, PGY5 radiology resident, UCSF; San Francisco

MSK Radiology Quiz, Nov 2009

Cases & discussion courtesy of Dr. Federico Discepola, MSK radiology fellow, UCSD; San Diego
Quiz winner: Dr. Khashayar Rafat Zand, PGY5 radiology resident, McGill University; Montreal

General Radiology Quiz, Nov 2009

Quiz winner: Dr. James Woo, PGY5 radiology resident, UBC; Vancouver

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A: We face the same problem at McGill, for example in our MR fellowship that takes one fellow a year. One way is to ask the fellows in the previous years to contribute, but due to the evolving nature of fellowships, and that significant changes may take place from one year to another, we prefer to limit the reviews to the recent 3-4 years maximum.

I think the solution only comes from a sound professional relationship between fellows and the program director. Hopefully any and all flaws and shortcomings have already been discussed between the fellow and the PD during the training, in the hope of future improvement. As such a review, no matter how positive or negative, would not come as a surprise to the PD. This will give the fellows the security to freely and openly include their honest comments, even in view of non-anonymity, keeping in mind that they will be regarded as constructive criticism for future improvement.

On the other hand if only big programs are represented in the reviews, it may result in less attention to the smaller programs such as yours and our MR fellowship.

We went through the same discussion with our MRI fellows, who were hesitant initially, and we now do have their review on the site. This is a new initiative, and everyone (including us) will go through a certain “learning” curve before the effort comes to fruition.

In the end, I hope and predict that the reviews do more good than harm, not only on a collective basis but also per individual program.

This is, by no means or intention, an effort to promote or demote certain programs / subspecialties. A great amount of effort and money has been spent to initiate this section, and will continue to be spent to ensure its professional integrity, all in good faith and as an effort to assist the future applicants. We understand that residency / fellowship application is a complicated and stressful process. We are simply trying to help with the transition.

We are new to the process, and we sure have a lot to learn. There are many complexities involving the thought process of someone submitting a review; we are aware of a few, and are ignorant of the bigger rest. We hope that by feedback from our members (including the program directors), we can refine and enhance the structure, functionality and relevance of this section in the future.

Measurement techniques for lower cervical spine injuries: consensus statement of the Spine Trauma Study Group. Bono CM, Vaccaro AR, Fehlings M, Fisher C, Dvorak M, Ludwig S, Harrop J. Spine. 2006 Mar 1;31(5):603-9

Imaging of spinal trauma. Bagley LJ. Radiol Clin North Am. 2006 Jan;44(1):1-12, vii.

Predicting radiology resident errors in diagnosis of cervical spine fractures. Goradia D, Blackmore CC, Talner LB, Bittles M, Meshberg E. Acad Radiol. 2005 Jul;12(7):888-93.

Assessing cervical spine stability in obtunded blunt trauma patients: review of medical literature. Sliker CW, Mirvis SE, Shanmuganathan K. Radiology. 2005 Mar;234(3):733-9.

Cervical spine injury in the elderly: imaging features. Ehara S, Shimamura T. Skeletal Radiol. 2001 Jan;30(1):1-7.

Occipital condyle fractures: clinical presentation and imaging findings in 76 patients. Aulino JM, Tutt LK, Kaye JJ, Smith PW, Morris JA Jr. Emerg Radiol. 2005 Nov;11(6):342-7.

The cervicocranium: its radiographic assessment. Harris J Jr. Radiology. 2001 Feb;218(2):337-51.

Radiologic spectrum of craniocervical distraction injuries.Deliganis AV, Baxter AB, Hanson JA, Fisher DJ, Cohen WA, Wilson AJ, Mann FA. Radiographics. 2000 Oct;20 Spec No:S237-50. Erratum in: Radiographics 2001 Mar-Apr;21(2):520.

Spectrum of imaging findings in hyperextension injuries of the neck. Rao SK, Wasyliw C, Nunez DB Jr. Radiographics. 2005 Sep-Oct;25(5):1239-54.

Vertebral injuries: detection and implications. Daffner RH, Daffner SD. Eur J Radiol. 2002 May;42(2):100-16.